18-08-2019, 05:10 AM
Quote:Morten: JP, Do you agree that the 11 is followed by the letters mn? Well, I'm still waiting for you to explain what the mn means. Is it a standard Latin abbreviation of something? I don't see those letters following any of the other quire numbers? If you could kindly explain the mn, and if your explanation is credible, your argument would be much stronger.
It's an ordinal number. It's 11m9 .
The superscript is normal. It means 11th (like we add the "th" part in English). Like this 11th
The other quire numbers have it also. The 11 is no different from the other quire numbers.
The "9" at the end is the Latin abbreviation for "-us" So you have primus, secondus, tertius, etc. Sometimes it is n9 or m9 at the end as in septi[mus].
Here are VMS quire numbers 8 through 12 with completely readable and normal Latin abbreviations to indicate that they are ordinal numbers:
I have samples of similar quire numbers from other manuscripts.